SM-liiga 2000/01

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The 2000/01 season was the 26th season of the SM-liiga . For the ninth time since the founding of the SM-liiga and for the tenth time in total, TPS Turku was Finnish ice hockey champion .

Regular season

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Each team had to play four times against every other team in the league and eight additional times against local teams. Each game consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. In the event that a winner was not found after regular time, the game was considered a draw.

A win in regular time earned a team 2 points. A draw was rewarded with one point. There were no points for defeat.

Closing table

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	TD	Points
1.	Jokerite	56	35	7th	14th	184	128	+56	77
2.	TPS	56	36	4th	16	186	115	+71	76
3.	Tappara	56	32	5	19th	166	134	+32	69
4th	HIFK	56	26th	7th	23	173	171	+2	59
5.	Ilves	56	24	11	21st	147	146	+1	59
6th	Lukko	56	21st	14th	21st	146	146	± 0	56
7th	Pelicans	56	22nd	11	23	170	164	6th	55
8th.	Kärpät	56	23	8th	25th	165	178	−13	54
9.	blues	56	22nd	8th	26th	154	152	+2	52
10.	SaiPa	56	24	3	29	152	154	−2	51
11.	HPK	56	22nd	7th	27	161	180	−19	51
12.	JYP	56	15th	9	32	136	185	−49	39
13.	Ässät	56	11	8th	37	141	228	−87	30th

Top scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, A = assists

Pl	player	team	T	A.	Points
1.	Petri Varis	Jokerite	27	43	70
2.	Jaroslav Bednář	HIFK	32	28	60
3.	Tony Virta	TPS	27	32	59
4th	Vladimír Machulda	SaiPa	29	28	57
5.	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS	23	33	56
6th	Jukka Hentunas	Jokerite	27	28	55
7th	Jussi Tarvainen	Tappara	23	32	55
8th.	Tommi Turunen	Pelicans	21st	34	55
9.	Petr tone	JYP	31	31	52
10.	Pavel Rosa	HPK	25th	26th	51

Play-offs

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Places 1-8 were automatically qualified for the play-offs. The teams that had won the most of five games in the quarter and semi-finals against their opponents qualified for the next round. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final. Five games were also played in the final. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. Only one game was played in the round for third place. The respective opponents were put together so that the top ranked team plays against the worst, the second best, against the second worst, and so on. As in the main season, a game lasted a total of 60 minutes. After the regular time, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found through a decisive goal.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	March 22-25, 2001
	TPS	3
					31.3. - 3.4.2001
	Pelicans	0
					TPS	3
	March 22-29, 2001
					Kärpät	0
	Jokerite	2
									April 8-14, 2001
	Kärpät	3
									TPS	3
	March 22-25, 2001
									Tappara	1
	Tappara	3
					31.3. - 3.4.2001
	Lukko	0
					Tappara	3			Game for third place
	March 23-29, 2001
					Ilves	0
	HIFK	2							Ilves	1
	Ilves	3							Kärpät	0
									6.4.2001

Quarter finals

TPS - Pelicans March 22 TPS Pelicans 3-0 March 24th Pelicans TPS 0-4 25th March TPS Pelicans 6-1 TPS wins the round 3-0.

Jokerit - Kärpät March 22 Jokerite Kärpät 2-1 March 24th Kärpät Jokerite 7-2 25th March Jokerite Kärpät 1-2 27th of March Kärpät Jokerite 0-2 March 29 Jokerite Kärpät 0-1 Kärpät wins the round 3-2.

Tappara - Lukko March 22 Tappara Lukko 3-2 March 24th Lukko Tappara 1-3 25th March Tappara Lukko 5-3 Tappara wins the round 3-0.

HIFK - Ilves March 23 HIFK Ilves 0-1 a.d. March 24th Ilves HIFK 2-4 26th of March HIFK Ilves 0-3 28th March Ilves HIFK 0-3 March 29 HIFK Ilves 2-3 Ilves wins the round 3-2.

Semifinals

TPS - Kärpät March 31 TPS Kärpät 6-1 April 1st Kärpät TPS 2-4 3rd of April TPS Kärpät 4-1 TPS wins the round 3-0.

Tappara - Ilves March 31 Tappara Ilves 5-1 April 1st Ilves Tappara 1-4 3rd of April Tappara Ilves 3-2 a.d. Tappara wins the round 2-0.

third place

HPK - TPS
April 6th	Ilves	Kärpät	2-0
Ilves wins bronze.

final

TPS - Tappara
April 8th	TPS	Tappara	4-3
10th of April	Tappara	TPS	3-0
12. April	TPS	Tappara	2-1
April 14th	Tappara	TPS	1-2 n.V.
TPS wins the championship 3-1. Tappara receives silver.

Finnish champion

Finnish champion TPS Turku

Goalkeepers: Antero Niittymäki , Fredrik Norrena Defenders: Kimmo Eronen , Martti Järventie , Mika Lehtinen , Jouni Loponen , Ilkka Mikkola , Tommi Rajamäki , Markus Seikola , Henrik Tallinder Attackers: Teemu Elomo , Michael Holmqvist , Niko Kapanen , Jani Kiviharju , Mikko Koivu , Joni Lius , Mikko Rautee , Kimmo Rintanen , Miikka Rousu , Kalle Sahlstedt , Marco Tuokko , Ville Vahalahti , Jarkko Varvio , Tony Virta Head coach: Hannu Jortikka

Top scorer

Abbreviations: T = goals, A = assists

Pl	player	team	T	A.	Points
1.	Alexander Barkow	Tappara	2	9	11
2.	Jussi Tarvainen	Tappara	8th	2	10
3.	Jouni Loponen	TPS	2	7th	9
4th	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS	4th	4th	8th
5.	Kalle Sahlstedt	TPS	5	2	7th

Awards

Award	winner	team
Aarne Honkavaara Trophy	Jaroslav Bednář	HIFK
Jari Kurri Trophy	Jussi Tarvainen	Tappara
Jarmo Wasama Commemorative Trophy	Toni Dahlman	Ilves
Kalevi Numminen Trophy	Hannu Jortikka	TPS
Kultainen kypärä	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS
Lasse Oksanen Trophy	Tony Virta	TPS
Matti Keinonen Trophy	Jouni Loponen	TPS
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy	Jouni Loponen	TPS
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy	Kimmo Rintanen	TPS
Urpo Ylönen Trophy	Jussi Markkanen	Tappara
Veli Pekka Ketola Trophy	Petri Varis	Jokerite

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• Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace 2000/2001